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A septuagenarian has been caught with nearly 3,000 boxes of allegedly stolen LEGO sets. Richard Siegel, 71, is accused of masterminding an organised retail theft scheme, with the allegedly stolen boxes ranging in price from $20 to $1,000 each.

Two British judges have resigned from Hong Kong's Court of Final Appeal. Lords Collins and Sumption, former justices of the UK Supreme Court, announced their resignations yesterday.

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The Scottish Child Law Centre has been awarded £25,000 in funding thanks to players of People’s Postcode Lottery. The award is timely given the increased demand for the centre’s services and a growing complexity of cases. Last year, a pilot community clinic in Govanhill identified

Scotland had a prisoner suicide far above the European average in 2022, the Council of Europe annual penal statistics show. In 2022 Scotland reported a suicide rate of 18.9 per 10,000 inmates; this compares to 9.3 suicides per 10,000 inmates in England & Wales and a European median rate of 5.3 &

McDonald's has lost a trade mark battle with Irish fast food chain Supermac's over the extent of protections for the term 'Big Mac' in the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU). Supermac's brought the proceedings after the US fast food giant successfully appealed a 2019 decision by the Europ

Pupils from Dalziel High School in Motherwell have been crowned the winners of this year’s Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) schools public speaking competition.

Addleshaw Goddard (AG) has opened applications for its business accelerator programme, AG Elevate, providing ambitious tech companies with the opportunity to secure a package of tailored legal advice to help them grow at scale. The ten-month programme will provide selected growth-stage businesses wi

The British ambassador to Mexico was sacked after being filmed jokingly pointing an assault rifle at a colleague. Jon Benjamin, for reasons unknown, picked up the weapon while sitting in a parked vehicle during an official trip to Durango and Sinaloa, states notorious for cartel activity.

An award-winning Chelsea Flower Show garden, visited by King Charles and Queen Camilla, is now inspiring homeless youths 400 miles away in Scotland.

Legislation to create a new national qualifications body and an independent inspectorate of schools in Scotland has been published. The Education (Scotland) Bill includes provisions to replace the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) with a new national qualifications body, Qualifications Scotlan

A defendant who pinned down and punched a judge at Milton Keynes County Court last year has been jailed for three years. His Honour Judge Patrick Perusko was attacked last November by a 41-year-old man who cannot be named for legal reasons.

Solicitor General Ruth Charteris KC has apologised for the poor quality of Scotland's fatal accident inquiry (FAI) system. Speaking at Holyrood, Ms Charteris suggested there could be “legitimate reasons” for delays, some of which have taken as long as a decade.

TC Young associate Evelyn Wallace has been accredited by the Law Society of Scotland as a family law mediator. Such accreditation is granted once a solicitor has undertaken and completed the required training and has been assessed by a panel of mediation experts. This accreditation follows Ms Wallac

A man who abducted a woman before subjecting her to a prolonged and violent assault lasting more than 21 hours has been jailed. Leslie Jackson left his victim with 54 separate injuries after attacking her at a property in Aberdeen on July 30, 2022.